Brooks Orpik

Deep into the longest shootout in NHL history, this epic duel between the Panthers and Capitals was down to a crapshoot. Panthers coach Gerard Gallant was looking to his assistants for help on whom to send out next, getting blank stares. Form was out the window, this marathon already in uncharted territory. "Some clutch guys made some clutch goals, and finally we won it at the end," Gallant said later, accurately summarizing without conveying the drama of the Panthers' unlikely 2-1 win Tuesday at the BB&T Center that took 20 rounds to decide, five longer than the league had seen before, on Nick Bjugstad's decisive shot. His counterpart, Capitals coach Barry...

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